Every morning before I get up, I do my best to spend an hour in meditation. If I don’t do that, I feel disjointed and discombobulated all day, or at lest until I get to sit and focus inside. It has become such an integral part of my life that if I stopped I would […]
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Author: Angela Treat Lyon
FROGGIE!
I’m not sure what year this is from – probably around ’78 or so, since this is stoneware, and I hadn’t switched to porcelain yet. I went through a big froggies phase – painting them on tiles, vases, mugs, plates and platters – in greens and blacks and browns – not sure why – it […]
My Heart Is Broken
I see the world in terms of the Heart – what other way is there to view it if we are to remain at all sane? It has to be the very fundamental core of everything. Sometimes as I read news items, my heart feels like it’s being ripped and slashed out of me by […]
For Thine Ears Only
I painted this when I was Artist-in-Residence, down in Gore on the South Island of New Zealand. I had a dream where these women were shocked at my sharing how cool EFT/tapping was. I was shocked that they were shocked, and finally got them to see how important it is that we know how incredibly […]
How to Deal with Ughy Relatives Over the ...
Yesterday at the grocery store, I saw – well, heard – a woman berating her child for dropping and spilling something all over the floor.The horrible things she was yelling at this 5 or 6 year old were unbearable. She must have been upset about something else, too, because the energy she was releasing over […]
Want to Release Extra Weight?
If I gave you an expandable bag to carry, and added one ounce to it every day, within a couple years you’d be carrying around a 100+ pound bag. Certainly not with ease, but you’d be able to carry it. That’s what happens when you gain weight over time. You are able to carry it […]
Time to Raise Your Prices!
Last weekend, I went down to the local art center where about 50 artists run a coop gallery so I could sign up for the Open Studios Art Tour. I was pleased to see some pretty good work there. And surprised at one painting in particular. This painting was about 11″ x 14″ – good […]
The BIG Life Turnaround
092718- UPDATE: It’s been quite a process, settling in to my new abode. When I left Hawaii, I gave away, sold or threw away almost everything I had. I stashed a good bit in storage – mostly artwork – but let go of more things than I knew I had. It surprised me how much […]
Got A Place!
UPDATE: SEPT 10, 2018: Found a place! It’s not The Ideal Be-All-End-All, but that’s OK – it’s a place I can hunker down and start getting back in the mood of Making. It’s right near my old buddies, and is in a little community of apartments in a nice neighborhood. Now I can relax a […]
Kailua Beach
This is my all-time favorite beach, Kailua Beach, looking from Lanikai side. There used to be a lot more ironwood tees, but the sand is gradually seeping away with every tide, undermining the roots, and they fall over and get cut away. It’s still a grand beach. In the distance is Kaneohe.
Weeping Willow
I love weeping willows. When I was a kid, I walked by a whole grove of them on my way home from school, and would sit under them for a long time to get my center back before I headed on home. Although I guess it would be pretty hard to sit under this one […]
The Green Windows
Inspired by a beautiful photo of a little village in France by my friend, Jean-marc Pierres. Thank you JM!!! The minute I saw Jean-marc Pierre’s photo of this place in France, I had to paint it! I loved the green shutters on the windows, the cypress trees, the streaky pinky sky, and those golden-hued walls.
The Red Path
Sometimes I just ache to get out in the woods and kick up the gorgeous red leaves and indulge in the yellows, golds and orange colors.
Windmill on A Golden Evening
.My friend Jen-marc Pierres took a lovely shot of a windmill near where he lives in France. I liked it so much I decided to paint it from his photo. Enjoy! Available in print and giclée – contact me if you’d like one. 8 x10 and 11 x 14, matted and unmatted.
Dark Horse Rising
At first I thought this was way too dark to even be seen. But when you see the 11″ x 14″ giclée (print on canvas), it’s stupendous. My prints on paper are really beautiful … and then again, the giclées are 5 steps up in color and saturation. I love this!
Just Cruisin’
Plaza de Espana
I saw the original photo of this bridge and couldn’t help but want to paint it – the paintings (mural? tiles? mosaics?} on the side of the bridge were so colorful and the light was so golden – I love it!
Lavender Moon
Come Sit with Me
Come Sit with Me at the table out front! This was inspired by a beautiful photo taken by my friend, Jean-marc Pierres in France.
Reaching
The Jacaranda Tree
The Jacaranda tree in all its splendor. We have a tiny little strip mall lined with these glorious trees. I love it when every one of them blooms at once!
Kailua Beach Afternoon
A crowded afternoon in the shade of the ironwoods after a perfect day swimming and playing at Kailua Beach!
The Hammock
Kayaking the Silent Morning
Kayaking in the silent morning, the ocean smooth as glass, the beach behind us quiet as dawn, looking to the outer islands…
Lanikai Outrigger
Moody Big Island Evening
Royal Poinsetta Tree
Down the street from where I live is this luscious tree with its fabulous blanket of brilliant red flowers, blooming like a rock star year after year.
The Canopy
Looking up into the sun filtering through the canopy as we swing in the Hammock on a lazy, lazy day at the beach!
Under the Ironwoods
Kamanu Returns
The outrigger canoe clubs come down to practice in the afternoons, and this is the canoe, Kananu being brought back to its nest under the ironwood trees. You can see one of the Mokulua Islands in the far distance, past Lanikai.